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FISHING REPORT: For Nov. 21

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POWAY: Trout season kicked on Wednesday this week after a 3,000-pound plant on the Tuesday. Plants will be twice a month through the winter (with a couple of bonus trophy plants in December). The park will be closed Thanksgiving Day. The concession stand will remain closed as the new owner is making repairs and many interior changes. Fair catfish action at the center barrel on the log boom and at the far east end boom. The bass are deep and shallow and there seems to be no rhyme or rhythm. Swimbaits and large plastic worms are working deep in places like the first two barrels on the Log Boom and the Rock Pile off of Jump-Off Point. Creature baits like plastic crawdads and Ikas are working from shore and from the Fishing Float. The lake is open Wednesday through Sunday and night fishing is allowed every Friday and Saturday. A state fishing license no longer required here. Lake information: 858-668-4772, tackle shop recording 858-486-1234, or www.poway.org.

JENNINGS: While the lake is getting weekly plants of rainbows, the trout are still tough to find, but another plant went in on Tuesday and the combination of cooling water and steady stocks means this bite will take off soon. Catfish are still providing as much action as the trout. The best catfish bite has been Cloister Cove or anywhere along the dam buoy line with cut baits. Bass have also slowed way down with only a few fish showing in 25 to 35 feet of water on Creature baits or crawdads. The lake is open Thanksgiving day. Information: 619-390-1300 or www.lakejennings.org.

MORENA: Overall tough fishing. A few bass in the one to two pound range through the middle of the lake and near the mouth of Cottonwood Creek. Senkos and silver or brown plastics seem to work best. Catfish action has shifted from Pumphouse Cove to Paradise Cove. Popular baits include cut mackerel. Bluegills being caught at Geezer Cove and other rocky areas, but crappie have slowed. First of the winter trout plants will come in mid-December. There are currently no state fishing licenses available in the Lake Morena area so be sure you acquire one before you arrive. The State Licenses is required. Information: 24-hour fishing update line 619-478-5473, ranger station 619-579-4101, or lakemorena.com.

CUYAMACA: The trout bite turned back on this week with limits pretty common on PowerBait and nightcrawlers. Jess Ranch trout planted last week and both Mt. Lassen and DFG trout plants this week should keep the action good. Tagged trout worth various prizes are also being planted this week. The bass are fair and Jay Blaylock, Julian, landed an 8-8 bass on a Senko. Information: 760-765-0515 or www.lakecuyamaca.org.

HENSHAW: Thereâs a slow bite for medium to small crappie off the docks, and the catfish continue to bite. Bass not biting. Lake level is coming up so things should begin to shape up soon. Information: 760-782-3501.

COLORADO RIVER

ARIZONA FISHING REPORTS: The Arizona Game and Fish Department compiles a weekly report for most waters in the state, including the Colorado Rivers. Anglers can read the report at this direct link: http://azgfd.net/artman/publish/FishingReport/.

FLOW INFORMATION: Reservoir elevation levels and flow releases for the entire lower Colorado River are available at this web site with information updated hourly: www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/hourly/rivops.html.

LAKE MEAD: Very low water conditions continue. Be careful boating because structure previously exposed may be at, or just under, the surface now. Watch for floating debris. Fishing was good over the past week for stripers in the Vegas and Kingman wash areas. Success has come mostly to those anglers using jigging lures and some using live bait. Top-water lures also are catching fish. Action has been good for largemouth and smallmouth bass with crankbaits and trolling producing bites. The weather has the fish a little confused but with the cold front coming in for the weekend the cooler temperatures should be here to stay. This will also help to bring in the bigger stripers.

WILLOW BEACH: A little slow, mostly because of the cold fronts now coming in from the coast. One angler reported taking an eight-pound striped bass on an AC Plug near mile marker 52. Not much in the way of trout action to report. For information: Willow Beach Resort at 928-767-4747.

LAKE MOHAVE: A little slow because of cold air temperatures. Water temps remain in high 60's. There was a bass tournament held out of Cottonwood Cove last weekend, with fair results, no really big fish. Stripers still hitting on cut bait. Most in the two to seven pound range. Information: Cottonwood Cove at 702-297-1464, Katherineâs Landing at 928-754-3245. Interesting web site for Willow Beach and Lake Mohave striper anglers: http://lakemohavestripers.com.

LAUGHLIN-BULLHEAD AREA: The trout action has been good from the Laughlin bridge into the Big Bend region thanks to monthly trout plants and cooling water temperatures. Robert Taylor, Bullhead, landed a 4.4-pound rainbow at the Community Park in old Bullhead on a nightcrawler to top off his stringer. The bigger stripers continue to show in fair numbers, but few smaller fish being landed right now. Tuan Phan, Bullhead, had an 18-pound striper on a Huddleston swim bait in the Big Bend area. Information: Riviera Marina at 928-763-8550.

NEEDLES-TOPOC REGION: Action in the main river has been very slow for all species. The fishing at Topock Marsh has been better, at least for panfish and bass. Nightcrawlers and live minnows have been tempting catfish from the North Dike area. Small crappies are being taken throughout the marsh. Remember the minimum of 13 inches for largemouth and smallmouth bass in the marsh. You can access the marsh by boat at the North Dike, Catfish Paradise, and Five-Mile Landing. All three also provide plenty of area for shoreline fishing, too. Information: Philâs Western Trader at 928-768-4954 or Capt. Doyleâs Fun Fishing guide service at 928-768-2667.

LAKE HAVASU: Fair afternoon striper bite from Windsor State Park south to California Bay and Thompson Bay using diving baits like the white Rat-L-Traps, Sassy Shads, Pointer 128s and some topwater plugs like Chugbugs, Sammys and Super Spooks. Bait fishing fair in 35- to 45-foot depths after 9 a.m. through the late afternoon hours. Reports of some spotty evening boils of larger stripers after 4 p.m. untill dark. Channel catfish bite excellent on cut mackerel and squid in the evening and after dark hours. Flathead cats were good, too, using live bait like small to medium size bluegills or redears. They bite best from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Largemouth bass biting good on jigs with pork trailers, Senkos and tubes flipped and pitched on tules and weed line edges in 1 to 4 feet of water. Smallmouth bass biting good on cinnamon or green pumpkin hula grubs with a 3/8 or 1/2 oz. football head fished with an exposed hook. Use these around gravel flats and rocky outcrops. Smallies will usually bite these jigs in the fall, so be ready and keep the slack out of your line as the jig descends. The redear bite is fair, but some quality fish are showing from deeper water on nightcrawlers fishing around structure. Information: Bass Tackle Master at 928-854-2277.

PARKER STRIP: Fishing for smallmouth bass over two pounds in size is expected to be good to excellent. In addition, redear sunfish should also be good in the pound-plus sizes. Channel and flathead catfish fishing is always fair in this section of the Colorado River. Below the dam, striper fishing should also be fair, using live shad or anchovies. Largemouth bass are abundant, especially in the downstream portions of the Parker Strip. Take precautions to make sure your boat and equipment are clean before leaving the water to make sure you donât spread quagga mussels to other water by accident.

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